Seagate Technology Public Limited Company (hereinafter referred
to as "Seagate"), one of the world's largest hard
drive manufacturers, recently involved in a dispute over trademark
infringement in China. The Plaintiff (Du, an individual from
Guangdong province) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit before
the Futian District People's Court of Shenzhen City in
Guangdong province claiming that the "FreeAgent" series
hard drive products manufactured and sold by Seagate, its
subsidiary, and its agent infringed upon his registered trademark
"FREEAGENT." Recently, the First Instance Court dismissed
all the Plaintiff's claims.
The Plaintiff claimed that Seagate and its subsidiaries used
"FreeAgent" as trademark on its "FreeAgent"
series hard drive products, which is identical to the
Plaintiff's trademark registration of "FREEEAGENT"
designated on computer peripheral equipment products, constituted
trademark infringement. Synnex Technology International Trading
(China)
